The New York Times > Technology > Google Defies Its Warning, Growing Briskly

The New York Times > Technology > Google Defies Its Warning, Growing Briskly: "The results were a sharp contrast to the company's warnings in November that its revenue for the quarter would probably decline because of increased competition and an inevitable slowing as a result of its growth.
Google's shares surged in after-hours trading, rising nearly 10 percent to more than $210, a record for the company, which sold shares in its initial offering in August for $85 each.
'More humans around the world are using Google and they are spending more time with Google per human,' the chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt, said last night in an interview."